Disability Services for Teenage NDIS Participants
We are proud to provide disability services to wonderful adolescent NDIS participants.
AAYS plays an important role in helping to shape young adults and we help people achieve inspiring goals, such as:
- The ability to live independently
- Accessing the community
- Enrolling in studies and further education
- Building capacity, such as developing life skills
- Building positive relationships with friends and family
- Improving confidence
- Obtaining a driver’s licence
At AAYS, we see adolescence as a vital time for a person to build confidence and figure out their place in the world. We are here to encourage people to fulfil their short and long term goals.
Supporting Teens with Study & After School
Prior to high school, educational support is a collaborative effort between the parent, the school, and the therapists and other outside support that can encourage the child to participate as much as possible in their schooling days.
It’s important for the parents to have that ongoing relationship between the therapists and the school to encourage the incorporation of therapist recommendations into the child’s daily class. This is vital for easing the transition of primary school to high school.
Supporting Schooling Transitions
The move to high school is such a dynamic and diverse change for child NDIS participants. It can become quite challenging and overwhelming in that first 12 months of high school because there’s a lot of responsibility placed on the child as well as a dramatic increase in workload and class numbers. To ease the transition, interventions should begin from about mid-year six.
Things that can make transitioning to high school easier can be:
- Encourage the child to have a routine around schooling
- Having supports in place for the child such as extra tutoring
- Support workers attending school with the child
- Support workers assisting with homework